**Date:** 6-27-67
**Source:** Unknown
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UniRoyal management and of-ficials of Local 45, United Rub-ber Workers Union (URW), were scheduled to appear in Superior Court in Waterbury today for a “show cause” hearing investigat-ed by the union last week when it accused the rubber firm of violating a written agreement between the two parties. Superior Court Judge Leo V. Gaffney called the hearing for today when union officials sought an injunction and restraining order to keep UniRoyal non-bargaining personnel from running production lines. Union leaders said they had a written agreement with UniRoyal that in return for an “orderly shutdown” of the firm’s footwear division here in the event of a strike, UniRoyal promised not to engage in production in non-bargaining unit personnel.
The union charged last week that production was going on in the concern by management in violation of the agreement.
In court last week, Judge Gaffney said he would not hesi-tate to issue the injunction and restraining order against UniRoyal if the union could pro-duce evidence that the firm violated the agreement follow-ing the court appearance.
It is expected that today’s hearing will be continued, plac-ing the company and the union on similar grounds.
Earlier in the 60-plus-day-old strike, UniRoyal sought an injunction and restraining order against the union, charging mass picketing and violation of the law in keeping management from the plant.
In court appearances at that time, the court continued the matter as long as there was no more violation of the court’s instructions to the union not to hinder management from enter-ing or leaving the UniRoyal plants.
AKRON, OHIO (UPI) — A busload of union members were hauled into court today when they refused to disband in vio-lation of an injunction limiting pickets at the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. plant.
The injunction against mass picketing was issued Monday by Summit County Judge Frank Harvey. His order limited pick-ets to two at each gate of the Firestone plant.
About 100 pickets, members of the United Rubber Workers, showed up at the plant this morning. Summit County Prose-cutor James Barbuto and Ma-jor Alan Morrison, acting for Sheriff James Campbell, also appeared at the plant.
Barbuto read the injunction notice to the pickets and they were ordered to disband. When they refused, they were hauled into court.